Ward, Lock issues the 1891 book Dorian Gray as a public novel
In 1891 the book edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared. This Fact stores that public novel as literary access, split from the glamorous-harm row. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In 1891 the book edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared. This Fact stores that public novel as literary access, split from the glamorous-harm row.
Context
One text, two signs.
Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Why it matters
A cheap public novel increased literary access.
Keep 1890 Lippincott as the magazine first issue on the harm row.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Oscar Wilde
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.55 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactWard, Lock issues the 1891 book Dorian Gray as a public novel
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 April 1891 · verified
A cheap public novel increased literary access.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.British Library — Oscar WildeBritish Library · High credibility · verified
- 2.The Picture of Dorian Gray — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Gutenberg’s Dorian Gray and the British Library independently present the 1891 book as a public text.
Established: 1891 public book. Not established: that 1891 is a treatise of law.
Contribution type is direct.
Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorOscar Wilde
- contributed toFactWard, Lock issues the 1891 book Dorian Gray as a public novel
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Ward, Lock issues the 1891 book Dorian Gray as a public novel. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-dorian-access-1891
https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-dorian-access-1891
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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